Adding TextField to UIAlertView

Question

I need to add a TextField to an UIAlertView. I understand that apple discourage this approach. So is there any library that i could make use of to add

Answer 1

For iOS5:

UIAlertView *av = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Title" message:@"Please enter someth" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel" otherButtonTitles:@"OK", nil];
av.alertViewStyle = UIAlertViewStylePlainTextInput;
[av textFieldAtIndex:0].delegate = self;
[av show];

Also, you 'll need to implement UITextFieldDelegate, UIAlertViewDelegate protocols.

Answer 2

You can try:

UIAlertView *myAlertView = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Your title here!" message:@"this gets covered" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"Cancel" otherButtonTitles:@"OK", nil];
UITextField *myTextField = [[UITextField alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(12.0, 45.0, 260.0, 25.0)];
[myTextField setBackgroundColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[myAlertView addSubview:testTextField];
[myAlertView show];
[myAlertView release];

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Answer 3

I'm using BlockAlertsAndActionSheets instead of the Apple components for AlertViews and ActionSheets as I prefer the blocks-approach. Also contains a BlockTextPromptAlertView in the source, which might be what you want. You can replace the images of that control to get the Apple-style back.

Project on gitgub

Tutorial which gets you started

Example:

- (IBAction)newFolder:(id)sender {
    id selfDelegate = self;
    UITextField                 *textField;
    BlockTextPromptAlertView    *alert = [BlockTextPromptAlertView  promptWithTitle :@"New Folder"
                                                                    message         :@"Please enter the name of the new folder!"
                                                                    textField       :&textField];
    [alert setCancelButtonWithTitle:@"Cancel" block:nil];
    [alert addButtonWithTitle:@"Okay" block:^{
        [selfDelegate createFolder:textField.text];
    }];
    [alert show];
}

- (void)createFolder:(NSString*)folderName {
    // do stuff
}